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once again I can't copy and paste (ugh) but 236 has a lot of good ones about Anse and Addie's character traits and Addie's "journey home"

"Adding to a child's shock and confusion at the death of a brother, sister, or parent is the unavailability of other family members, who may be so shaken by grief that they are not able to cope with the normal responsibility of childcare."

"Parents should be aware of normal childhood responses to a death in the family, as well as signs when a child is having difficulty coping with grief. It is normal during the weeks following the death for some children to feel immediate grief or persist in the belief that the family member is still alive. However, long-term denial of the death or avoidance of grief can be emotionally unhealthy and can later lead to more severe problems."

This article explains how children react and deal with grief over the loss of a loved one. This article relates to the confusion and angst Vardaman experiences after the death of Addie. Vardaman experiences shock and confusion over the substantial matter of death and how it applies to his newly deceased mother. No one in the family bothers to explain to him the finality and irreversibility of death. Without guidance, the Bundren family leaves Vardaman to stumble around and form false conclusion such as the belief Peabody killed Addie.

The source decribes the purpose of "The Jungle", along with other topics like socialism, literary significance, and social disparity in "The Jungle". The source tells of Sinclair pursuit in revealing the poor worker's conditions to the public. The source offers insite into Sinclair philosophy and his trials in publishing "The Jungle". ps. username and password= morr36556

"But there was not enough work for everyone who came. Instead of immediate riches, they often found squalor in roadside ditch encampments." This was exactly the problem for most of the migrant workers, including the Joads. They had false hope of finding a better life in California when in reality they had just been deceived by the higher ups .

This article talks about the inspection that will happen in the meat-packing industries. This is the first time that inspection is occurring after workers have already been suffering in the factories for years.

There a so many hormones in the cattle produced by lae companies. It is unnatural and cnan lead to side effects in the consumers.

"The most shocking in the new book came from an ex-employee of one large retailer, who told Ehrenreich that in 2003 the company held him captive for six hours and interrogated him for giving a colleague a discount on a videogame, before getting him to write a false confession and firing him. A former colleague alleged that such incidents were not unusual." In this article, an interview with the author, Ehrenreich looks back on the reception she has had from the book. In once instance, a worker was fired for something he didn't do. This shows the lack of ethics in the workplace, and the lack of respect employers have for the workers.

The American Dream is something many aspire to, but in the reality of things, it is fair to question how far someone can actually get to that dream. One can have wealth and go for it, but in reality, there are so many factors that make one seem like swimming against the current of the super rich and powerful.